YLE, Walter Presents, TV2 Denmark among buyers for ZDF’s Mipcom scripted slate

Alpine Rescue has been the subject of deals around Europe

MIPCOM: Buyers including YLE in Finland, Walter Presents in the UK and TV2 in Denmark have picked up series from a slate of German scripted content being offered in Cannes this week by ZDF Studios.

Crime drama franchise Soko has been sold to 12 broadcasters including YLE, Walter Presents, Canal+ across multiple European territories, RTL in Croatia and Talpa in the Netherlands.

Meanwhile, TV2, Prima TV in the Czech Republic, TVS in Poland and Pop TV in Slovenia have either acquired new seasons or relicensed existing seasons of Mountain Medic and Alpine Rescue.

Mediaset in Italy, Nova TV in Bulgaria, Kanal 2 in Estonia and TV3 in the Baltics have picked up romance brands Rosamunde Pilcher and Inga Lindström. Italy’s Rai has acquired a package of TV movies including titles from the A Summer In and Cruise into Cloud Nine brands, alongside a selection of standalone romantic dramas.

In the young-adult space, Amazon, Apple, Telekom, RTL Interactive and Disney in Germany, Sky in Switzerland, Prima TV, RTBF in Belgium, and France Télévisions have taken vampire series Love Sucks.

In the German-speaking market, further agreements have been concluded with ORF, ORF III, SRF, Swiss One and Sky in Switzerland for classic series The Black Forest Clinic.

ZDF Studios’ existing EST/TVoD framework with Amazon in Germany and Austria, comprising 3,000 hours of programming, has also been expanded into Switzerland.